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Global Land Outlook

… reduction, food and water security, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Indeed, integrated land and water … biodiversity and soil conservation, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and sustainable livelihoods. Part … Biodiversity loss Decline in ecosystem services Decreased mitigation & adaptive capacity UNCCD United Nations …
17 Jun 2026 Literature

Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… fibre, and ‘services’ such as water purification, flood mitigation and recreational opportunities. Healthy rivers and … the system to provide environmental services such as flood mitigation and water cleansing". This contributes to a … flow assessment involves impact assessment and mitigation of specific flow modifications such as dams or …
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Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change

… provision of financial resources between adaptation and mitigation.8 In 2011, in Durban, South Africa, the Parties … and rehabilitation has been promoted for disaster risk mitigation, focusing on its protective function. This is … and CBD (2009). Connecting Biodiversity and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Report of the Second Ad Hoc …
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Water in drylands - Adapting to scarcity through integrated management

… Higher soil organic carbon sequestration  climate change mitigation and increased soil water-holding capacity • … This approach builds upon ecosystem based adaptation and mitigation strategies, and green, natural and built …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… review. It also needs to find a way to allocate the mitigation of those cumulative impacts among all the … the extent of the environmental harms, the possible mitigation actions, and any remaining non-mitigable impacts. … In other cases, they may be adequately addressed through mitigation requirements. Alternatively, an ad valorem …
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Transboundary Aquifers and Groundwater Systems of Small Island Developing States: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)

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A window of opportunity for the Mekong Basin: the UN Watercourses convention as a basis for cooperation - A legal Analysis o fhow the UN Watercourses Convention complements the Mekong Agreement

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Protection, restoration and sustainable use of urban water bodies in India

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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… law and governance30 should be discussed and avoidance or mitigation measures sought. As noted above, the secretariat … Convention, supra, at art. 27 (“Prevention and mitigation of harmful conditions”). 118 MccaFFrey, supra, at … and conservation in developing countries), a climate mitigation approach carried out through the support of …
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The Joensuu negotiation: A mulitlateral simulation exercise: The UN Framework Convention on Transboundary Aquifers

… to cope with climate change by undertaking adaptation or mitigation programs, including in pursuing clean ener- gy … protection and preservation163 and the prevention and mitigation of harmful con- ditions.164 Under the sub-heading … Under the Article sub-heading ‘[p]revention and mitigation of harmful conditions’ it is provided that …
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